Sri Lankan Special - Stwerdess
Meanwhile the cabin crew is up in arms against the airline management for allowing Sri Lankan stewardess Senali Senanayake to fly one short duration flight per month and the rest of the days to work as the Personal Secretary of Parliamentarian Namal Rajapaksa.
“In addition to these benefits, she is also given all the VVIP flight work as well. Who has given her this authority when the rest of the cabin crew has only 8-10 off days per month? However she is paid by the airline and her service is provided to Namal Rajapaksa. Who has allowed the airline to pay a stewardess to fly only a short duration flight,” sources said.
They further accused the airline management of not taking any disciplinary action against Senanayake after she was found guilty for trying to influence the Human Resources Department to get one of the failed Cadet Pilot applicants recruited.
“She was found guilty for trying to influence the HR department pretending the call was from Namal Rajapaksa’s office. She has u rged the HR department to re-consider the matter. However it was only later that the HR department identified who the caller was. Had this happened to anyone else in the airline, strict disciplinary action would have been taken but in this instance the airline management is silent,” sources added.
The Sunday Leader contacted Lalith Fernando of the airlines Corporate Communications Division on Wednesday for comment on these allegations but no response was received by the time the newspaper went to print.